4th Science Structures of Life 3.1 Vocab Quiz

What is a crayfish?

• A freshwater animal with a hard shell and prominent pincers

• A type of plant that grows in water

• A bird that lives near water

• A mammal that swims in freshwater

What is a carapace?

• A type of plant

• A hard outer shell that covers the main part of the body of an animal

• A soft leg under the tail of a crayfish

• A thin feeler on the head of an animal

What is an antenna?

• An animal's claw used for grasping

• A hard outer shell

• The thin feeler on the head of an animal

• A leg and mouth part

What is a pincer?

• An animal's claw used for grasping

• A type of plant

• A small, soft leg under the tail of a crayfish

• A place where an animal lives

What is a predator?

• An animal that eats only plants

• An animal that hunts and catches other animals for food

• A freshwater aquatic plant

• A hard outer shell

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What is an appendage?

• A hard outer shell

• A leg and mouth part

• A thin feeler on the head of an animal

• A place where an animal lives

What is a swimmeret?

• A small, soft leg under the tail of a crayfish

• A hard outer shell

• A thin feeler on the head of an animal

• A place where an animal lives

What is a crustacean?

• A type of plant

• A class of mostly aquatic animals with hard, flexible shells

• A place where an animal lives

• An animal that eats only plants

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What is a habitat?

• A hard outer shell

• A place where an animal lives

• A thin feeler on the head of an animal

• A leg and mouth part

What is an omnivore?

• An animal that eats only plants

• An animal that eats only animals

• An animal that eats both animals and plants

• A freshwater aquatic plant